What do the Floridians do with the iguanas that fall out of the trees? An interesting thought to start the New Year: man is an invasive species. In the foreseeable future we are aiming toward colonizing another planet. I have spent hundreds of hours digging out Japanese knotweed and cutting down Oriental bittersweet. This spring's nemesis was ground ivy, wasted too many hours getting rid of it. Oh and black mustard and field bindweed.
When the Iguana was mentioned in Florida, I immediately thought of the Lion Fish, a Pacific Ocean fish that now is found in great numbers in the waters off Florida and even down to the northern coast of South America. They are voracious eaters with nothing in the environment to keep them in check - except humans who dumped them in the ocean when they got too big for their aquarium. They have been decimating the young of many species in that area.
What do the Floridians do with the iguanas that fall out of the trees? An interesting thought to start the New Year: man is an invasive species. In the foreseeable future we are aiming toward colonizing another planet. I have spent hundreds of hours digging out Japanese knotweed and cutting down Oriental bittersweet. This spring's nemesis was ground ivy, wasted too many hours getting rid of it. Oh and black mustard and field bindweed.
When the Iguana was mentioned in Florida, I immediately thought of the Lion Fish, a Pacific Ocean fish that now is found in great numbers in the waters off Florida and even down to the northern coast of South America. They are voracious eaters with nothing in the environment to keep them in check - except humans who dumped them in the ocean when they got too big for their aquarium. They have been decimating the young of many species in that area.